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Organization

Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies

History

founded in 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland, by an interfaith group of clergy and lay leaders.

emerged out of the conviction that centuries of religious ignorance, fear, and hostility could be disarmed through deliberate, interfaith study and conversation.

Mission

seeks to advance interreligious dialogue and understanding through scholarship, adult education, and serious examination of the issues that create religious tensions, by shaping a new relationship between Christians and Jews, the ICJS addresses the contemporary challenges of religious pluralism.

Goals

re-examine the meaning of our religious assumptions, particularly about the other; challenge the theological distortions and misconceptions that have contributed to the historical conflict between Christians and Jews; develop resources within our respective communities that inspire both to honor the legitimacy and distinctiveness of the other.

Approach

through careful and in-depth studies of sacred writings and traditions, ICJ enables scholars, educators, clergy, seminarians, and lay people to: disarm religious hatred by confronting religious sources of misunderstanding and developing new strategies to correct these distortions; promote understandings of other religious traditions, particularly of Islam, the third Abrahamic tradition; create new educational models and public forums that explore the interplay of core religious beliefs, values and practices within the public sphere.

Structure

board and staff

Scale

Medium

Scope

Regional

Activity

has developed and offered over eighty-five distinctive educational programs for clergy, religious educators, college students, business and community leaders, and the general public. These programs explore, among other topics, the roots of intolerance and violence within our religious traditions and develop the educational resources to neutralize these dangerous habits.
In addition to confronting the anti-Semitic dispositions enshrined within the Christian community, the ICJS has increasingly directed its attention to the larger context of religious pluralism, including the complex challenges of Islam.